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There is growing support in the corridors of power for an initiative to allow the original spelling of non-Lithuanian surnames on the main page of passports for people married to foreigners, but not for ethnic Poles living in Lithuania.

Sunday morning at the Nemenčinė forest, a 12-person group gathers. It could be noted that some men are wearing the Russian model masked uniforms and are armed with the Russian machine guns. After getting signals from worried citizens, the police responds immediately, anti-terrorist operations team A...

The routines in Šalčininkai was disrupted by an unprecedented commotion on the 11th of April. Men armed with guns stormed the city police station, took over a part of it stunning the officials and local residents.

The scenario of a recent exercise organized by the Lithuanian Interior Ministry did not envisage the use of training weapons and the proclamation of "the People's Republic of Šalčininkai", Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas said on Wednesday.

Municipality of Šalčininkai, southeastern Lithuania, on Friday dismissed as provocation the recent exercise of deterring a saboteur attack.

Invest Lithuania, the government's foreign investment promotion agency, will look at how to attract local and foreign investors to the district of Šalčininkai, in the southeastern part of the country, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Friday.

After the parliament voted down the earlier initiative for a special foundation for development of southeastern Lithuania, a group of MPs have again initiated the issue.

Jasper Walter Bastian, an award-winning German-American documentary photographer, has created a photo series called “A Road Not Taken” that explores the town of Dieveniškės, located only 6 kilometres form the Belarusian border, and the surrounding Šalčininkai region.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius expressed hope on Tuesday a law on the spelling of non-Lithuanian names in documents would be adopted in the fall upon receipt of conclusions of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language.

Lithuania's Šalčininkai District, densely populated by Poles, needs to make use of its good geographical position and local forests, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says.